HIGH
mpfr: multiple buffer overflows lead to DoS
Published Mar 3, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.55%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in GNU MPFR 2.4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) mpfr_snprintf and (2) mpfr_vsnprintf functions.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.55% 0.01549
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01549
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.55% (0.01549) | 74.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.55% (0.01549) | 71.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00769) | 71.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00840) | 82.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00840) | 81.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 0.84% (0.00840) | 79.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00934) | 80.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://mpfr.loria.fr/mpfr-2.4.1/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34204 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35028 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/02/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33945 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-772-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0757 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488310 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0757
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0757
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://mpfr.loria.fr/mpfr-2.4.1/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34204 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35028 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/02/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33945 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-772-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0757 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488310 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0757 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0757 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 3, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 3, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0757
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a